Fish-scaler.



P. H. K. KALNIN.

FISH SGALEB.

APPLICATION FILED mo. 1, 1910.

1,008,473, Patented Nov. 14,1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL HAROLD K. KALNIN, 0F DORCHESTER, MA SACHUSETTS.

FISH-SCALER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pa tented N 14, 1911 Application filedDecember 1, 1910. Serial No. 5 95, 167. I

remities of the teeth are lunt so as not to cut or tear the flesh of thefish. The side edges of the teeth converge in the direr tion of theblunt ends, whereby a tapered or wedge-shaped tooth is produced. In 0-der to stiffen the teeth, the material at the base thereof is swelled,as indicated at 13, and the teeth are also bent so that they a ssume aconcavo-convex form in cross-sectioi L, as shown in Fig. 5. It will benoted that tl e number of teeth in the respective rows is I ot uniform,the row 12 having the greatest number, the next row behind the same having a smaller number of teeth, the next row a still smaller number, andso on through ut the entire series of rows. The row 12 l as twice asmany teeth as the row 11, and e ach succeeding row has one tooth less.The teeth of the row 11 are so located with res; ect to the teeth of therow 12, that they are in alinement with every other space between 1 ofthe row 10 are spaces between the t also with the other s of the row 12.The t line with the spaces lc row 10, and also with which are in alinemitioned spaces.

The purpose of th: herein described arrangement of teeth 1'; tofacilitate the removal of the scales. The first three rows of teeth, 9,l0, and 11, are designed to loosen or tear up the scales, while the lastrow, 12, which has the greatest number of teeth, completes theirremoval. The first row serves merely to start tearJng or loosening thescales, while the next succeeding rows find the scales pushed partysidewise, thus leaving the scales easier t be torn or loosened up by thenext row, an l preparin the scales for the last row. Eacli tooth fol owsa new line except those of thl row 9. The wed eshaped formation of heteeth also facilitates the loosening up and removal of the scales.

'I claim:

A fish sealer comprising a head armed with teeth which are wedge shapedand blunt, said teeth being 2 rranged in rows, one row of teeth being at'he front end of the head, and the teeth of said row being set To allwhom it may concern: length, and the exw Be it known that I, PAUL HAROLDK. K AL NIN, subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at Dorchester, inthe county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Fish- Scalers, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to devices for removing scales from fish, and ithas for its object to provide a device ofthis kind which enables thescales to be easily and quickly removed, and also one which is strongand durable, and simple in construction.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a partof this specification, in which drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view; Fig. i is a section on the line4% of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5--5 of Fig. 2.

The device is constructed of a single piece of sheet metal, and itcomprises a head 5 armed with teeth, and provided with a handle 6, thelatter being formed by reducing the width of the sheet of metal at oneend, and then rolling said reduced portion into substantiallycylindrical form. The rear end of the handle has an aperture 7 to enablethe device to be conveniently hung on a nail or other similar supportwhen not in use. That part of the sheet which forms the head is leftfiat, and has downward bends at its side edges to form dependingmarginal stiffening or strengthening flanges 8. The head is alsodownwardly offset with respect to the handle, so that when the device isin use, the hand grasping the handle will not come in contact with thefish which is being scaled. The head 5 is provided with several spacedand parallel rows of teeth, said rows extending transversely of thehead. These rows of teeth are indicated at 9, 10, 11 and 12,respectively. The row 12 is located at the extremity of the head, and isformed by bending the sheet downwardly to form a depending flange, thebottom edge of the latter being notched to form the teeth. The otherrows of teeth are formed by punching tongues from the sheet, and bendinsaid tongues downwardly. The teeth 0 the several rows are all, ofuniform n alinement with the eth of the row 11, and aces between theteeth eth of the row 9 are in etween the teeth of the the teeth of therow 11 nt with the last-menhe latter, and the teethclosely together, theteeth of the next row also in alinement with the other spaces bebeingset farther apart than those of the first tween the teeth of thefirst-mentioned row. 10

row and located in alinement with every -In testimony whereof I aifix mysignature other space between the teeth of said firstin presence of twowitnesses.

mentioned row, and the teeth of the row PAUL HAROLD K. KALNIN. which isbehind the secondmentioned row Witnesses:

being in alinement with the spaces between ELMER G. RICHARDSON, 4

the teeth of said second-mentioned row, and LOUISE G. ABENTZEN.

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Washington, D. G.

